The European Committee of the Regions and the European Youth Forum invite all EU institutions, young politicians, young citizens, local and national youth associations to join the process of joint preparation of the European Charter for Youth and Democracy.

In the context of the European Year of Youth 2022 and the Conference on the Future of Europe, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) as the voice of EU regions and cities together with the European Youth Forum representing the voice of Europe's youth launched the process of jointly creating a European Charter for Youth and Democracy. The Charter will seek to build and consolidate a youth-friendly democratic space to ensure that young people's voices are formally, continuously and permanently represented in the European Union. 

Renewed democracy in the 21st century requires innovative tools and resources to achieve a democratic society where every young person, regardless of their social background, race, gender, sexual orientation, belief or aspiration, feels truly empowered and represented. 

The European Committee of the Regions and the European Youth Forum invite all EU institutions, young politicians, young citizens, local and national youth associations to join this bottom-up construction process that together creates the European Charter for Youth and Democracy. The Charter will set out concrete recommendations for the democratic participation of young people in social, political and civic life at three levels of government: local and regional, national and European.

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Source: European Committee of the Regions